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Leon E. Tompkins
Feb. 22, 1911 - Aug. 25, 2004
Leon Eldon Tompkins of Falls City died Aug. 25 in Falls City. He was 93.
He was born to Leslie and Carolyne Coventry Tompkins in Sultan, Wash. He grew up in Sultan and moved to Inman, Neb.
He returned to Washington where he met and married Jane E. Smart on Feb. 10, 1935. In 1952 they moved to Oregon, first to Reedsport and then to Eugene.
He worked as the maintenance and building engineer for Park Manor and then for Cascade Manor in Eugene until his retirement in January of 1982.
He moved to Falls City in 1986 where he worked for the Ellendale Home in Dallas for a short time and drove combine at the age of 91.
He loved his family, enjoyed reading, reciting poetry, playing Aggravation and was an avid football fan.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Jane in 1997.
Suvivors include his son, Glenn Tompkins of Eugene; daughter, Laura Tompkins of Falls City; 11 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and four great-great grandchildren.
A memorial celebration of his life will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11 at the Falls City Ball Park.
Arrangements are by Bollman Funeral Home in Dallas.
Katie Vernell Crawley
Jan. 27, 1921 - Aug. 22, 2004
Katie Vernell Crawley of Turner died Aug. 22 in Salem. She was 83.
She was born to Quintus E. and Katie Lois Simmons Posey in Memphis, Texas.
She married William E. Crawley on June 5, 1954 in Grand Junction, Colo. They moved from Colorado to live in Dallas from 1960 to 1964. In 1964 they made their home in Salem and moved to Turner in 2004.
She worked for Pacific Northwest Bell as a service representative, analyst and service clerk for 25 years.
She was a member of the West Hills Community Church in Salem and the Bethel Baptist Church in Aumsville.
She enjoyed being a homemaker, sewing including making draperies, quilts, bedspreads and doing handwork.
Survivors include her husband, William of Turner; sons, John W. Crawley of Austin, Texas and Samuel S. Crawley of Portland; daughter, Darlene Kaye Randles of Washington, Ill.; sister, Wanda Phillips of Memphis, Texas; brother, Erwin Posey of Houston, Texas; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Memorial services were Aug. 31 at Bethel Baptist Church in Aumsville. Private intermenty will be in the Delta Cemetery in Delta, Colo.
Contributions may be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Association in care of the Dallas Mortuary Chapel which handled the arrangements.
Calvin S. Cox
Nov. 16, 1924 - Aug. 26, 2004
Calvin S. Cox of Dallas died Aug. 26. He was 79.
He was born to John and Phoebie Spencer Cox on the family farm in Eckley, Colo.
At the age of 12 he and the family moved to Oregon. He later graduated from Dallas High School. Shortly following graduation he joined the Navy where he served until May of 1946.
On Jan. 8, 1947 he married Zelda Eggert in Dallas. The family made their home in Dallas.
He worked as a logger for Shipley Logging.
He enjoyed fishing, working in the yard and most of all having coffee with his buddies at Bert's Restaurant in Dallas.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, William Theodore Cox and Jewell Forest Cox.
Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Zelda; daughter, Betty Ann Cox of LaGrande; brother, Johnie Cox of Dallas; sisters, Phoebie Jane Cox of Dallas and Betty Thomas of Eugene; granddaughter, Therese; and one great-grandchild, Shelby.
Graveside services were Aug. 31 at Dallas Cemetery.
Bollman Funeral Home in Dallas handled the arrangements.
Paul Eugene Welfley
Jan. 23, 1933 - Aug. 27, 2004
Paul Eugene Welfley of Dallas died Aug. 27 in Dallas. He was 71.
He was born to John and Victorine Bowman Welfley in Falls City.
He spent his childhood in Oregon, Washington, and Minnesota.
He married Dorothy Alice Neufeld on June 21, 1952 in Wichita Falls, Texas while in the U.S. Air Force.
They moved to Astoria where he worked for Astoria Plywood Corporation for 35 years, retiring in 1991.
He enjoyed hunting, fishing, sports and reading.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy in 2000.
Following his wife's death he moved to Dallas to be near his family.
Survivors include his mother and step-father, Vickie and Mike Slyh of Dallas; brother, Roy Welfley of Dallas; sister, Cindy Curtis of McCall, Idaho; and several nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1 at Bollman Funeral Home in Dallas. Interment will be private.
Carol Jean Lyons
Sept. 24, 1931 - Aug. 25, 2004
Carol Jean Lyons of Dallas died Aug. 25 in Dallas. She was 72.
She was born to Elmer and Florence Becker Schuldt in Chicago, Ill.
She married James Lyons on Feb. 19, 1955 in Chicago. They lived in Dewey, Ariz., and Barnett, Mo., before moving to Sutherlin. They moved to Dallas in 2000.
She was a longtime Arabian horse breeder, helping to preserve historic bloodlines in the Arabian horse world. She was a member of Al Khamsa, Davenport Conservancy, and the International Arabian Horse Association.
Survivors include by her husband of 49 years, Jim Lyons of Dallas; son, James Lyons of Tempe, Ariz.; daughter, Diane Lyons of Dallas; and two grandsons.
Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 5 at Bollman Funeral Home in Dallas.
Mitsuko Furuyama
March 26, 1914 - Aug. 28, 2004
Mitsuko Furuyama of Dallas died Aug. 28 in Dallas. She was 90.
She was born in Seattle.
She was married to Fred Yoshimi Furuyama and he preceded her death in 1977.
She was also preceded in death by a her daughter and her husband, Nancy and Fred Fonda.
Survivors include her daughter, Grace Rye of Monmouth; sons, Eugene Furuyama of Dallas; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Family services will be held. Interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Nampa, Idaho.
Farnstrom Mortuary in Independence handled the arrangements.
Lilly Katherine Lindstrom
May 14, 1920 - Aug. 29, 2004
Lilly Katherine Lindstrom of Dallas, formerly of Salem, died on Aug. 29 in Dallas. She was 84.
She was born to William Raymond and Nina Miller Allen in Twin Lake, N.D.
She married Harold Lindstrom Sr., on July 18, 1979 and they lived in Salem. She met Harold at the Department of Corrections where she was a file clerk. At one time she had been a Kirby vacuum salesperson.
She was a certified nutritionist and grew her own herbs and vegetables and loved drying and canning them.
She was a lover of the Goodwill store, garage sales and was a collector of cookbooks. In her younger years she sang on the radio and was hired as a singer with the McGuire Sisters.
Survivors include her children, Raymond George, Donald George, Dennis George, Beverly Hester and Sandra Nicholson; stepchildren, Jean Sischo, Dorothy Linscheid, Susan Teal, Jan Bennett, Hal Lindstrom Jr., and Steven Lindstrom; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2 at Belcrest Cemetery in Salem.
